![]() ![]() In 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” Marvel Studios used CGI to de-age Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Jackson?'” Molina said with a laugh. “He just looked at me, and said, ‘Did you see what we did to Bob Downey Jr. He said that he asked Watts how they were going to deal with the fact that at 67, he’s aged since the 2004 film. In their early conversations, Molina said, Watts told him that the movie will pick up Doc Ock’s story from “that moment” in the river, which in a franchise that include multiverses, time-travel and diverging timelines seems…plausible enough. In the movie’s climactic scene, Peter appeals to Otto’s good side, and he drowns himself and his reactor in the East River before the city is destroyed. On the orders Harry Osborn (James Franco), the tentacled, unhinged Doc Ock’s obsession with perfecting his experimental fusion reactor sets him against Peter/Spider-Man and Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), and endangers all of New York City. In “Spider-Man 2,” Molina played scientist Otto Octavius, who was poised to be a mentor to Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker when a lab accident turns him into the the murderous Doctor Octopus, or Doc Ock for short - so named for the four mechanical arms fused into his back. When the actor asked Jon Watts, the director of “No Way Home,” how the movie would bring Doc Ock back - since, as he pointed out, “I died” - Molina said the director told him, “In this universe, no one really dies.” ![]() “It was very interesting going back after 17 years to play the same role, given that in the intervening years, I now have two chins, a wattle, crow’s feet and a slightly a slightly dodgy lower back.” ![]() Until these questions are answered, Spider-Man: No Way Home can at least become a lasting legacy for some of Marvel's greatest villains, including Molina's fantastic return as Doc Ock.“It was wonderful,” he said. Of course, there's always room for a cameo, but Peter's fate is just one of many questions No Way Home left for fans to discuss, like the appearance of Charlie Cox's return as Daredevil leaving fans wondering where these loose threads are going. While Holland will continue to play the web-slinging superhero in the MCU, it's not known when he will next make an appearance, with the trailer for the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness confirming that Wanda Maximoff will play a major role instead. The pair's mutual respect solidifies that Doc Ock is one of Spider-Man's most troubled villains.įollowing the disastrous ending to No Way Home, the future looks bleak for Peter Parker , with the entire universe(s) forgetting that he's Spider-Man. While his scenes with Holland are great, it's opposite Maguire where Molina's strengths are amplified. His fresh approach to Doc Ock still felt like the same character from back in Maguire's Spider-Man 2, but throughout the film, the character shows that, like Molina said, Doc Ock has always been a reluctant villain. While Molina has had to work around modern advances with the reprised role, with CGI tentacles and de-aging technology helping to make him look more like he did 18 years ago, his performance in No Way Homedid everything the star set out to do. In the interview, Molina looked back at his first time playing the character, in particular, highlighting Doc Ock's redemption arc in Spider-Man 2, describing him as "a villain kind of reluctantly - or almost by accident." Despite finding it " useful to go back and look at Spider-Man 2," Molina " didn’t want to just come back and replicate what we’d done before," and he thought it was important to treat the role "as if this were the first time." Check out his full quote below: Related: No Way Home: Doc Ock's Story Makes His Final Spider-Man 2 Line Betterĭuring a behind-the-scenes deep-dive with Sony, Molina has taken a closer look at both his performances as Doc Ock. Despite spending months denying their return, the scene-stealing combo of Garfield, Maguire and current Spider-Man Tom Holland has already helped make No Way Home one of the biggest movies of all time. As well as a bevvy of Spider-Man villains past, such as Willem Dafoe's triumphant return as the Green Goblin, perhaps the most exciting appearances were from Garfield and Maguire themselves. Of course, many of the rumors turned out to be true, as No Way Home boasted a feast of past and present characters in what is one of the most ambitious crossovers in cinema history. Molina was the first star from the Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire Spider-Man movies to confirm his appearance in No Way Home, despite rumors of returning characters from Spider-Man's past circling long before Molina's involvement was established. ![]()
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